...and then there are a few that actually leave their badge and gun at home and participate. Seeing the shock and then jealousy on the faces of people that are on duty when they are recognized is really funny.

You know it's going to be a bad day when you jump out of bed and miss the floor.

geospyder wrote:...and then there are a few that actually leave their badge and gun at home and participate. Seeing the shock and then jealousy on the faces of people that are on duty when they are recognized is really funny.

I have one friend up there who does exactly that. Nice guy. He and his partner both come up to the burn and have a blast. They are older and they both see a more "administrative" side of the event than I do, but when they are on the playa they sure as hell aren't cops. Good, law abiding citizen he is, but he doesn't play by the usual rules. Nothing his supervises would get angry about but they would probably look at him differently if they only knew. Oooh if they only knew..

In other words, I don't want to antagonize the cops, I just want to make a scene and make heads turn.. It would be fun if we even get a few undercover cops dressing up as cops to join in our festivities. Levels upon levels of madness!

So. I hate to let this fall apart through age. I've been thinking/reading on past year's Sunday events and I can't think of any big ones on Sunday at ~2-3ish. What do people think about meeting at around ~2pm on Sunday at Center camp and spreading out from thereby around 2:30pm?

Fryday. And watches at the burn suck. watches suck in defaultia too, just make you late. but seriously a good way to begin it would be a core group that marches/mob art cars, and make a circuit around BRC collecting Superpeople along the way.we'll just be dressed as superman all day annyhoo. oh and one of my camp mates wants to know if Clark-Kent costumes count.

.......................................................................................Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri

knowmad wrote:Fryday. And watches at the burn suck. watches suck in defaultia too, just make you late. but seriously a good way to begin it would be a core group that marches/mob art cars, and make a circuit around BRC collecting Superpeople along the way.we'll just be dressed as superman all day annyhoo. oh and one of my camp mates wants to know if Clark-Kent costumes count.

I think we are crossing the threads. For Leo purposes I think police costume of some sort seems in order. A badge at very least.

But you have a good point about the watches. I've never had one out there and I don't know what I would do with one if I did. Unfortunately the only two times that I know people have internal clocks for are dawn and dusk but neither of them seem very good for this purpose.

I'm game. Sounds like a great idea. There is not a chance anyone is going to get arrested unless we have real badges and ID. Even then, people would need to seriously go overboard for the cops to care enough to haul anyone away.

Sounds like a great idea, I will run it round the Reno Camps when I get back in July.

fbcota wrote:I'm game. Sounds like a great idea. There is not a chance anyone is going to get arrested unless we have real badges and ID. Even then, people would need to seriously go overboard for the cops to care enough to haul anyone away.

Sounds like a great idea, I will run it round the Reno Camps when I get back in July.

What if the real badges and IDs are "real"? Maybe written up for being out of uniform?

You know it's going to be a bad day when you jump out of bed and miss the floor.

knowmad wrote:Fryday. And watches at the burn suck. watches suck in defaultia too, just make you late. but seriously a good way to begin it would be a core group that marches/mob art cars, and make a circuit around BRC collecting Superpeople along the way.we'll just be dressed as superman all day annyhoo. oh and one of my camp mates wants to know if Clark-Kent costumes count.

I think we are crossing the threads. For Leo purposes I think police costume of some sort seems in order. A badge at very least.

But you have a good point about the watches. I've never had one out there and I don't know what I would do with one if I did. Unfortunately the only two times that I know people have internal clocks for are dawn and dusk but neither of them seem very good for this purpose.

Mybad! it was proly cause those flat tires and rum. and yeah it's a cross thread mess from a planed Superman world record atempt planed for Burn-day started by greenthumb85 (shameless cross thread bump) but I found a cool Canukanuk mounties uniform, sans pants. mabye a tutu? should be fun!!!

.......................................................................................Oh yeah, this year I was totally twerping out at the fence. ~Lonesombri

knowmad wrote:Mybad! it was proly cause those flat tires and rum. and yeah it's a cross thread mess from a planed Superman world record atempt planed for Burn-day started by greenthumb85 (shameless cross thread bump) but I found a cool Canukanuk mounties uniform, sans pants. mabye a tutu? should be fun!!!

Has there been any talk on the tribe forum about a good date/time? Sunday, indeed, sounds too late. While I don't usually leave until Tuesday when our gear leaves I guess that isn't normal.

We can shoot for something closer to Friday? Afternoon? The city will be damn close to max population by then too! And we can do a little freak out for all those kids who just showed up on Friday for the phaaarrrttaaayyyy!! Wooooo!!

Optional mandatory uniform with fuzzy handcuffs, rosewater mace, foam padded beat-stick, huge push-broom mustache, and ticket-pad filled with nonsense citations? If anyone is out of uniform I will give them a fashion police ticket.

Just a few days ago I think it was determined that there are no prostitutes at Burning Man assuming everyone obeys the gifting community guidelines. But I'm sure I can find a man dressed as a women at the roller disco.

Me and a couple camp mates actually did this on a small scale last year, sort of a last minute thing when I found a motorcycle cop helmet a week before leaving for BM. Combined with a uniform shirt, cop glasses and ass-less leather chaps and boots! My female back-up were pretty risque too! It was quite comical to see how people reacted when we "busted" them for fashion violations, just muttered something made up off the top of the head and spoken with that authoritarian cop monotone...

"Ma'am you are in violation of Black Rock City fashion code 90 stroke 180 I'm going to have to ask you to remove the tube top, ma'am don't make put you under arrest *while reaching for the cuffs*

Almost everyone is taken in, at least for a few seconds regardless of the chaps and thong, and quite a few others were pretty uncertain whether it was real or fake after quite a bit of interaction! Not too surprisingly many people gladly went along with it and wanted to be taken into custody and cuffed, and receive a punishment. I doubt the real LEOs would do anything but laugh when they see you accosting people for fashion violations, that's not part of the Nevada uniform code I'm sure!

A friend found some joke citations online that would be fun to give out. My girl friend and I have been contemplating getting some patches made up that said something like Black Rock City Fashion enforcement with some pithy slogan, would be fun to gift to folks after terrorizing them. Might just have to happen this year; can't have a proper "metropolis" without corrupt and easily bribed cops enforcing vague rules by fiat!

At the local Utah burn last week my girl and me had a lot of fun with another manifestation of this idea, it was more the fashion gestapo than police; think coronal klink and you get an idea. Worked people over at the greeters gate in a fun way and a lot of people really got into it and had a fun time with the idea!

I think mid day on thursday or friday would work well for big impact. We would need allot of people though to really make it magical.

You know, we could let real LEO join us and just make it fun for all! Just an idea, a LEO flash mob dancing and partying with a mix of fake LEO and the real ones. Should put some giant smiles on the faces of everyone passing by.

methinks early in the week, when folks have just arrived, and don't have their minds yet into the event, still somewhat in default...OMG busted for parking violations, camping in the wrong place, too much Iliano wear, hair not grungy enuff, over consumption of EL wire, inadequate gifting, etc.

Then there is the 'security' searches...."Are you carrying any loaded weapons? Items of mass destruction? Drugs? Alcohol? "

Camp Nosefish did a Homeland Security gig with roadblocks at 3:00 plaza a few years back and it was a hoot! Real uniforms/white shirts with patches, etc. BLM rangers loved it!